On December 20, 1939, the National Advisory Committee for Aeronautics broke ground for a new laboratory at Moffett Field, near the towns of Sunnyvale and Mountain View, California. Named for Joseph Ames, the architect of aeronautical science, the wind tunnels here pushed flight into the supersonic realm. In 1958, Ames became a research center in the new National Aeronautics and Space Administration, and helped lead America into the space age. Today, 75 years since its founding, NASA Ames celebrates its continuing world leadership in science and technology and the settlement of our solar system.

In partnership with our neighbors in Mountain View and Sunnyvale, the people of NASA Ames will display items from the center's past and present in a "living museum." Please stop by during business hours in the month of July 2014 to learn more about the excitement building in your community and in the outer reaches of space.

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1 - Past, Present and Future of NASA Ames
Ames Research Center, one of 10 NASA field centers, continues to be at the forefront in conducting world-class research and development.http://www.nasa.gov/ames
LOCATION: Jehning Family Lock Museum, 175 Castro St.

NASA World Wind
World Wind is a software development kit (SDK) which enables software engineers to build their own 3D virtual globe applications.http://worldwind.arc.nasa.gov
LOCATION: Odd Fellows Hall, 823 Villa St.

3 - Space Biosciences
The Ames Space Biosciences Division studies what happens when life from Earth ventures into space. The division performs the biological research and technology development necessary to enable NASA's long-term human exploration mission and also benefit life on Earth.http://www.nasa.gov/ames/research/space-biosciences
LOCATION: Empire Vintage Clothing, 831 Villa St.

5 - Smart Skies
About 40,000 commercial flights crowd the skies over the U.S. every day. NASA Ames is developing innovative solutions to improve air travel and reduce aviation’s impact on the environment. Learn about NASA’s research and download a free air traffic control mobile game.http://smartskies.nasa.gov
LOCATION: Red Rock Café, 201 Castro St.

6 - Rotorcraft Aeromechanics
View aircraft used to conduct flight research at Ames. This includes the XV-15 Tiltrotor, and the digital fly-by-wire UH-60 RASCAL helicopter.http://rotorcraft.arc.nasa.gov
LOCATION: West Valley Music, 262 Castro St.

7 - Interface Region Imaging Spectrograph (IRIS)
The IRIS satellite was designed to increase our understanding of energy transport into the solar wind, help us understand space weather and fill a large gap in our knowledge of this dynamic region of the solar atmosphere.http://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/iris
LOCATION: Books Inc, 301 Castro St.

9 - Fluid Mechanics
Fluid mechanics is the study of fluids and their behavior. Even though fluid mechanics has been studied since the times of the ancient Greeks, many mathematically complex problems remain. Both experimental and computational research into these unsolved problems is undertaken at NASA Ames.
LOCATION: Mtn. View General Store, 705-A W. Dana St.

10 - Kepler and K2 Missions
Learn how the Kepler mission’s discoveries fundamentally changed our understanding of planets in our galaxy, and how the K2 mission will continue the search in new regions of the Milky Way.http://www.nasa.gov/kepler
LOCATION: Book Buyers, 317 Castro St.